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11
May

DAPS York office moved (again)

We have now moved to The Cottage, Blake House, 18 Blake Street, York YO1 8QH. Its a quirky period building in the heart of York city a 5 min walk from the train station. Conference facilities and meeting rooms are available.

11
May

Completion at Harlow Town and Broxbourne Stations

We have just completed, with our clients H.A. Marks, the replacement of roof fascias with associated roofing and soffit repairs at Harlow Town and Broxbourne station. These are listed buildings and are managed by Greater Anglia (GA) Trains. In partnership with GA we have pioneered the use of GRP replacements for ply panels in this heritage listed context. Both stations ...

13
Jul

DAPS York office moved

After 10 years at Tower House we have moved just down the Road to Mawsons Court in Walmgate. Partly prompted by being able to be in complete control of covid safety and partly that we wanted a space to make more our own. We will welcome visitors when we are able!

07
Aug

Sophie Whibley promoted to APM

We are please to announce that after an exemplary first  16 months with us Sophie has been promoted to Assistant Project Manager. She will continue to be engaged in the ICE training scheme, alongside this she will now be taking ownership of projects, under the guidance of her supervising civil engineer. Congratulations from us and , I'm sure, from our ...

07
Aug

Jonathan Ward joins DAPS

Jonathan Ward BSc (Hons) joined the permanent staff at DAPS on 13th July 2015. He is a recent graduate of Leeds Met where he studied Civil Engineering. He is now working with us and will be enrolling on our ICE approved training agreement.

05
Jun

Sophie Whibley BSc(Hons) joins DAPS

We are very pleased that Sophie Whibley joined DAPS last month. She is a graduate civil engineer and will be joining our ICE accredited train scheme with Grainne Wood as her supervising civil engineer.

22
Jul

David Miller BA(Jnt Hons) MRICS joins DAPS.

We are very pleased to announce that David Miller BA(Jnt Hons) MRICS has joined DAPS to take a senior role in providing commercial management services for our clients. David has a wealth of experience including working in the rail sector in a variety of commercial roles. We are extremely pleased to have his knowledge and experience available both for DAPS ...

08
Jul

Grainne Wood now Technical Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (ISOH)

Grainne Wood has now been made a Technical Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (ISOH) following review of her technical competence  - Congratulations Grainne Wood Tech ISOH. http://www.iosh.co.uk/

14
Mar

“NEC3 Problems exposed” breakfast seminar

A number of us attended the breakfast seminar "NEC3 Problems Exposed" hosted by http://www.jrknowles.com/ in Wakefield. It was a worthwhile event which included bacon sandwiches and much discussion of what happens when one or more parties fail to administer various aspects of the NEC contract. It was attended by a wide range of people including PM's, MD's legal professionals and a number of professional ...

20
Dec

Rob Winkel started PhD studies.

Rob Winkel, a graduate engineer, who worked with us this year is now studying for a PhD at Queen Mary University of London in the School of Engineering and Material Sciences. He is following a long standing interest in renewable energy generation and will be working on shallow water modelling in relation to tidal turbines. We wish him every success and look forward ...